Southwestern Pasta Salad (Vegan)

This Southwestern Pasta salad with avocado, black beans, and lime dressing is one of my new favorites. It’s not only super easy to make, but also healthy. It’s a great addition to any BBQs and potlucks!

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you probably know that I’m a HUGE pasta fan. I absolutely can’t get enough of pasta and there are just sooo many delicious vegan pasta recipes. Now that it’s finally getting warm outside, I just had to try some new vegan pasta salads. This Southwestern pasta salad was my favorite! I usually make an easy vegan pasta salad with Italian dressing, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, and artichokes. This is the usual pasta salad I bring to BBQs and birthday parties. Sometimes I also make a vegan pasta salad with pesto. But it’s so nice to try something new once in a while. And I’ll definitely make this vegan Southwestern pasta salad more often now. It’s just SO simple and yummy!

What You’ll Need for this Vegan Southwestern Pasta Salad

The ingredient list for this pasta salad is not too long. As always, you can find a printable version of the recipe in a separate recipe box beneath the text area. I used farfalle, but you can actually use almost any kind of pasta you want. It also works great with fusilli. I then added avocado, black beans, corn, cherry tomatoes, one orange bell pepper, green onions, and fresh cilantro. If you don’t like cilantro, you could also sub it with parsley or just leave it out. Maybe add one or two additional green onions if you leave out the cilantro. 

For the dressing, I used fresh lime juice, olive oil, cumin, paprika powder, white wine vinegar, a little splash of agave, garlic, and of course salt and pepper. I think the salad tastes best when you let it sit in the fridge for a couple of hours.

What’s you favorite vegan pasta salad? Do you prefer creamy vegan pasta salads with mayonnaise or Mediterranean or Mexican salads? I hope you like this vegan Southwestern pasta salad as much as we do around here. Let me know if you give it a try.

Have a great start into the new week, everyone! Sina -xx

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Southwestern Pasta Salad (vegan)

This Southwestern Pasta salad with avocado, black beans, and lime dressing is one of my new favorites. It's not only super easy to make, but also healthy. It's a great addition to any BBQs and potlucks!

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Passive Time

0 minutes

Servings

servings

Ingredients

For the vegan Southwestern pasta salad:

• 12 oz farfalle pasta
• 1 heaped cup black beans (canned)
• 1 1/2 cups corn
• 2 cups cherry tomatoes, cut into halves
• 1 orange bell pepper, cut into stripes
• 1 avocado, cut into medium-sized chunks
• 3 green onions, cut into rings
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)

For the lime dressing:

• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon paprika powder
• 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
• 1 splash agave
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1-2 cloves of garlic, minced
• black pepper
• salt

Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 10 minutes Passive Time 0 minutes Servings servings Ingredients For the vegan Southwestern pasta salad: 12 oz farfalle pasta 1 heaped cup black beans (canned) 1 1/2 cups corn 2 cups cherry tomatoes, cut into halves 1 orange bell pepper, cut into stripes 1 avocado, cut into medium-sized chunks 3 green onions, cut into rings 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped (optional) For the lime dressing: 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice 2 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon paprika powder 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 1 splash agave 1 tablespoon water 1-2 cloves of garlic, minced black pepper salt

Instructions

1. Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the package. Once cooked, rinse with cold water and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients for the dressing. Add the ingredients for the pasta salad and stir well. Let the salad sit in the fridge for a couple of hours. Enjoy!